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Black Female Landowners In Richmond, Virginia 1850-1877, Hannah Catherine Craddock Jan 2012

Black Female Landowners In Richmond, Virginia 1850-1877, Hannah Catherine Craddock

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Learning How To Listen': Analyzing Style And Meaning In The Music Of Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone And Cassandra Wilson, Lashonda Katrice Barnett Jan 2012

Learning How To Listen': Analyzing Style And Meaning In The Music Of Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone And Cassandra Wilson, Lashonda Katrice Barnett

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Learning How to Listen': Analyzing Style and Meaning in the Music of Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone and Cassandra Wilson examines the similarities of singing styles and core narrative traits in the original songs of three African American women vocalist-composers celebrated within the jazz idiom. Drawing on years of ethnographic research, including over 150 hours of personal interviews with musicians, attendance of jazz concerts and festivals both domestic and abroad, and a three-year listening journal (based on live performances and recordings), 'Learning How to Listen' is an Africana cultural studies product informed by vibrant multidisciplinary scholarship that bridges Jazz studies, Linguistics …


Performances Of Black Female Sexuality In A Hip Hop Magazine, Tova Joanna Johnson Jan 2008

Performances Of Black Female Sexuality In A Hip Hop Magazine, Tova Joanna Johnson

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No abstract provided.


Navigating The Academy: The Career Advancement Of Black And White Women Full-Time Faculty, Wandalyn Fanchon Glover Jan 2006

Navigating The Academy: The Career Advancement Of Black And White Women Full-Time Faculty, Wandalyn Fanchon Glover

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The recruitment, retention, and promotion of Black women in the academy continue to be a challenge even after numerous policies and programs to rectify historical and social injustices in American society. This study utilized a womanist lens as a framework to conceptualize the interlocking impact of race and gender on the experiences of Black women in higher education. Utilizing a quantitative design, the primary source for the study included data gathered from the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty conducted by the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) in survey cycles of 1993, 1999, and 2004. The researcher examined the pace …


A Study Exploring The Educational Needs Of African-American Pastors' Wives Within Baptist Congregations, Jocelyn Georgette Henry-Whitehead Jan 2004

A Study Exploring The Educational Needs Of African-American Pastors' Wives Within Baptist Congregations, Jocelyn Georgette Henry-Whitehead

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

For many years, the role of the pastor's wife has been an emerging role in American religious history (Sweet, 1983). While on their journey in building and nurturing their relationship with God, supporting their husbands, families, congregations, and communities, pastors' wives have experienced joys and blessings as well as challenges and issues. A tremendous joy for some pastors' wives has been the privilege, the opportunity, and the honor to serve, minister to, assist and care for others. However, one major challenge for many pastors' wives has been preparedness, or the lack of preparedness, knowledge, and instruction (Obleton, 1996). Wives of …


A Tradition Of Doubt: Women And Slavery In Nineteenth-Century Virginia, Leslie C. Hunt Jan 2001

A Tradition Of Doubt: Women And Slavery In Nineteenth-Century Virginia, Leslie C. Hunt

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Womanist Identity On The Development Of Eating Disorders And Depression In African American Female College Students, Theresa Ford Jan 2000

The Influence Of Womanist Identity On The Development Of Eating Disorders And Depression In African American Female College Students, Theresa Ford

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No abstract provided.


Stormy Weather: Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge And The Cultural Politics Of Stardom, Amy L. Howard Jan 1999

Stormy Weather: Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge And The Cultural Politics Of Stardom, Amy L. Howard

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No abstract provided.


Tar Baby And The Black Feminist Literary Tradition, Priti Chitnis Gress Jan 1997

Tar Baby And The Black Feminist Literary Tradition, Priti Chitnis Gress

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No abstract provided.


African American Professional Women Active From 1920-1960: An Historical Analysis, Crystal Marie Lyles Jan 1994

African American Professional Women Active From 1920-1960: An Historical Analysis, Crystal Marie Lyles

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Womanpower In The Civil Rights Movement, Yvette Hutchinson Jan 1991

Womanpower In The Civil Rights Movement, Yvette Hutchinson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Natural Hair Styling: A Symbol And Function Of African-American Women's Self-Creation, Juliette Bowles Jan 1990

Natural Hair Styling: A Symbol And Function Of African-American Women's Self-Creation, Juliette Bowles

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No abstract provided.


Milk Enough For All: The African-American Woman's Quest For Identity And Authority In Toni Morrison's "Beloved", Amy Carol Ghaemmaghami Jan 1990

Milk Enough For All: The African-American Woman's Quest For Identity And Authority In Toni Morrison's "Beloved", Amy Carol Ghaemmaghami

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Black Female Assertiveness, Dale Purnell Yeatts Jan 1978

A Study Of Black Female Assertiveness, Dale Purnell Yeatts

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.